In 1873, the Swedish Krona was created, replacing the Riksdaler at par. The currency was launched as part of the Scandinavian Monetary Union, which included Norway and Denmark and lasted until World War I. Sweden abandoned the gold standard on August 2, 1914, and the union came to an end without a fixed exchange rate.
To begin with, the euro was only used for accounting and electronic payments for the first three years after its launch on January 1, 1999, after a decade of preparations. On January 1, 2002, the European Union's 12 member countries went through the largest-ever shift in currency.